Cristela Information

Cristela is an American situation comedy television series that premiered on October 10, 2014, on ABC, as part of the 2014-15 television season. The series was created by stand-up comedienne Cristela Alonzo, who also stars in and writes for the series and serves as an executive producer with co-creator Kevin Hench, Becky Clements, Marty Adelstein, and Shawn Levy for Fox Television Studios. This makes her the first Latina to create, produce, write, and star in her own primetime comedy. It airs on Friday nights at 8:30 pm (ET/PT)/7:30 pm (CT).

On November 24, 2014, ABC picked up Cristela for a full season.

Synopsis

The series chronicles the life of a Mexican-American law school graduate living in Dallas, who must balance her chance to live the American Dream by working as an unpaid intern at a law firm with the concerns of her family, including her sister (a call center manager at a cable TV company who wants her to get a real job), her brother-in-law (who sees her as a freeloader and wants her to move out), and her mother (who wants her to settle down).

Cast

Main cast

• Cristela Alonzo as Cristela, an aspiring attorney who lives with her sister and sister's husband
• Mara Canals Barrera as Daniela, Cristela's sister
• Carlos Ponce as Felix, Cristela's brother-in-law
• Terri Hoyos as Natalia, Cristela's and Daniela's mother
• Andrew Leeds as Josh, Cristela's co-worker
• Sam McMurray as Trent Culpepper, Cristela's boss
• Justine Lupe as Maddie Culpepper, Trent's daughter and Cristela's co-worker
• Jacob Guenther as Henry, Felix and Daniela's son
• Isabella Day as Isabella ("Izzy"), Felix and Daniela's daughter

Recurring cast

• Gabriel Iglesias as Alberto, Felix's brother and co-worker who is in love with Cristela

Production

In 2013, Alonzo created her own semi-autobiographical comedy pilot Cristela for ABC. It was not greenlit as a part of the 2013-14 television season, but on February 26, 2014, ABC ordered another pilot presentation, and filmed a full-length pilot on the stage of Last Man Standing, where it got a strong testing from the audience. On May 10, 2014, ABC picked up the pilot to series for the 2014-15 television season.

On November 24, 2014 Cristela was picked up for a full season.

Episodes

Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	22		TBA

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)	ProdCode= 1AYC01	Viewers= 6.51	ShortSummary= Cristela applies for an internship, much to the chagrin of her family. Meanwhile, Daniela and Felix get mad at Cristela for secretly signing up Izzy for soccer instead of cheerleading.	LineColor= FFF380 }}	Viewers= 5.99	ProdCode= 1AYC04	ShortSummary= Daniela secretly signs up Cristela for a dating site. When she gets popular on the site, she reluctantly goes on a date with an unexpected suitor that turns out to be Alberto. Meanwhile, Felix tries to convince Daniela he's romantic and sensitive.	LineColor= FFF380 }}	Viewers= 5.04	ProdCode= 1AYC06	ShortSummary= Tensions heat up between Cristela and Daniela, after Daniela's rich friend mistakes Cristela as the nanny and Daniela goes along with it. Meanwhile, Alberto tries to get closer to Cristela in an unexpected way.	LineColor= FFF380 }}	Viewers= 5.40	ProdCode= 1AYC03	ShortSummary= On Halloween, Cristela wants to demonstrate her party-planning skills for Mr. Culpepper. After Cristela fails to convince Josh, Maddie agrees to be "Hall" to Cristela's "Oates". Meanwhile, Nathalia's hatred of Halloween makes her celebrate the Day of the Dead, and ironically, her stories make her the most popular Halloween attraction in the neighborhood.	LineColor= FFF380 }}	Viewers= 4.95	ProdCode= 1AYC07	ShortSummary= It is performance review time, and Trent lets it be known that a junior associate position may be opening for one of his interns if they can impress his "shark" client, which turns out to be Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. As an avid sports fan, Cristela has an advantage over the clueless Josh, but she helps Josh get closer to Mark anyway. Also, Cristela teaches Izzy a lesson about material posessions and fitting in.	LineColor= FFF380 }}	Viewers= 5.11	ProdCode= 1AYC02	ShortSummary= While helping with a case at work about unequal pay for women, Cristela finds out Daniela has been making more money than Felix for the last 5 years and has been hiding it from him.	LineColor= FFF380 }}	Viewers=5.19	ProdCode= 1AYC08	ShortSummary= Cristela tries to get Henry into American culture, and the perfect opportunity arises when Maddie has extra box seat tickets to see West Side Story. But Felix refuses to let his son go, fearing Henry will get used to things he can't provide. At work, Trent learns that his firm is at the bottom of the diversity rankings, so he orders Josh to take photos of various staff with Cristela in every one of them.	LineColor= FFF380 }}	Viewers=	ProdCode= 1AYC05	ShortSummary=	LineColor= FFF380 }} </ref>	DirectedBy= John Pasquin	WrittenBy= Cristela Alonzo	OriginalAirDate=	Viewers=	ProdCode= 1AYC12	ShortSummary=	LineColor= FFF380 }}

Reception

Critical response

The series started with mixed from critics. Metacritic gave the show a rating of 61 out of 100 based on 18 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, Cristela has a rating of 52% based on 21 reviews, and consensus: "Though Cristela Alonzo has a pleasing energy, Cristela's disappointing supporting cast and uneven writing ruin the show's attempts at humor."

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18-49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18-49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18-49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"		1.3/5	6.51
2	"Soul Mates"		1.2/4	5.99
3	"Mr. Felix and Ms. Daniela"		1.0/4	5.04
4	"Hall-Oates-Ween"		1.0/4	5.40
5	"Super Fan"		1.0/4	4.95
6	"Equal Pay"		1.1/4	5.11
7	"Enter Singing"		1.0/4	5.19